Sorry I haven't updated for a while, it's my birthday tomorrow, and I was on I wasn't sure how to get this chapter going. Ah well. Onwards!

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Purple Lightning, Chapter 11

With Kyoya.

Kyoya was rather pissed off. His day had started off with Ginka preaching to him about the importance of friendship and other mushy stuff, and how it would help them defeat Ryuuga. Kyoya didn't consider Ginka a 'friend' of sorts, only an ally, and a rival. After being alone for so long, he didn't get how people could crave human contact.

After ditching him, Kyoya had started to search for Ryuuga on his own, only to be followed by Benkei. Kyoya had managed to give him the slip, and was now in the forest, in the park. He figured it was a good place to remain hidden. Like Ryuuga, he trusted his natural instincts to guide him and knew where he would feel most safe.

As he walked further into the forest, he realised that if he did come across Ryuuga, he would have to face him on his own. This made it likely that he would be defeated, not that Kyoya would ever back down from a challenge, of course. He continued to think on this, going over possible outcomes of that situation in his head when he heard a voice. It was too far away to make out what it was saying, but Kyoya knew immediately that it was female, and rather distressed.

Kyoya quickened his pace and softened his footsteps, pushing closer to the source of the sound. As he moved on, he recognised the voice to be Hikaru's. There was another voice with her, but unlike Hikaru's voice , this one was calm and confident. Kyoya narrowed his eyes as he recognised it.

'(Ha!)' He thought. '( I knew he would be here!)'

The triumphant smile that flickered across Kyoya's face faded as he realised Hikaru could be in danger. She was not his 'friend' , but death by darkness was not something he would leave somebody to.

Kyoya crept closer to the sound of the voices, and found himself in a bush at the edge of a blended in to the bush well because of the colours he a quick thought to, I am not hiding. I am simply observing. He turned to watch.

With Hikaru.

Hikaru couldn't believe it. She was staring down the one person that she needed to be away from, the one person who infected her dreams with darkness and made her feel cold to her very soul. Ryuuga always found her in the end, and it made Hikaru feel so helpless knowing that she wasn't able to get away.

Most of the time though, she worried about the dark power inside her more than Ryuuga, because it was with her all the time, and made her want to be so close, to the person she hated and feared the most.

The girl stared into Ryuuga's eyes. They were inches away from her own, and Hikaru didn't like it. The dark power did, but she wasn't going to let it win this time.

I'm really sorry that this chapter is so short, but as I said, I'm preparing for my , birthday. Anyways, please feel free to PM me, even if it is just to say hi. \(o-o)/